Ramadan around the world

Pakistan

A crescent moon is seen over a mosque after sunset in Karachi, Pakistan, June 29, 2014. Ramadan is Islam's holiest month, during which observant believers fast from dawn to dusk. The holy month ends on July 28th with the celebration of Eid al-Fitr.

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Kashmir

A Kashmiri Muslim reads the Koran, Islam's holy book, during the holy month of Ramadan at a shrine in downtown Srinagar, July 6, 2014. Across the Muslim world, the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, and abstain from drinking, smoking and having sex during that time as they strive to be more pious and charitable.

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Indonesia

Cold drinks are prepared for the breaking of the fast during Ramadan celebrations in Surabaya, Indonesia, July 6, 2014. About 500 orphaned children from Surabaya orphanages gathered in Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque to celebrate Ramadan.

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Indonesia

Muslims attend an evening mass prayer session called "tarawih" to mark the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, June 28, 2014.

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Turkey

People prepare to break their fast on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in front of police officers standing guard near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, June 28, 2014.

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Indonesia

Students at an Islamic boarding school perform prayers at a mosque on the first day of Ramadan in Medan, North Sumatra, June 29, 2014

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Singapore

A boy watches helpers distribute food as he waits to break the fast with devotees at a mosque in Singapore, June 29, 2014.

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Bangladesh

A man drinks water as he breaks his fast by the river Buriganga during the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2, 2014.

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India

Muslims offer Friday prayers next to a parked yellow ambassador taxi outside a mosque in Kolkata, July 4, 2014.

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Bangladesh

A Muslim woman holds prayer beads as she begs in front of Baitul Mukarram, Bangladesh's national mosque, before Friday prayers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 11, 2014.

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Nepal

A Nepalese Muslim man reads the Koran during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 11, 2014.

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Afghanistan

A girl runs on a wall during the festival of Eid-al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 28, 2014.

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Syria

A whirling dervish performs a traditional Sufi dance during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the Ottoman-era Tekkiye Suleimaniye mosque complex in Damascus, Syria, July 21, 2014.

India

A worker hangs strands of vermicelli to dry inside a factory in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, July 22, 2014. Vermicelli is a specialty eaten during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan by many believers across the country.

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Egypt

A man sleeps while others conduct taraweeh prayers at a mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, July 22, 2014.

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Afghanistan

Afghan men make special sweets at a traditional factory during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 24, 2014.

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India

An Indian Muslim woman gets her hands decorated with traditional henna designs at a roadside stall ahead of the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Fitr, in Mumbai, July 28, 2014. Muslims around the world were preparing to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

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China

Chinese Muslims of the Hui ethnic minority break the fast during Ramadan at Huaien mosque in Lingwu, China, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 21, 2014. Ningxia, the largest region with the Muslim Hui nationality in China, numbers more than 2.2 million. China has more than 10 million Hui Muslims throughout the country.

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India

Muslims sit inside the compound of Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) before the start of last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the old quarter of Delhi, India, July 25, 2014.

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Great Britain

A girl blows bubbles during an Eid celebration in Burgess Park in London, England, July 28, 2014. The Muslim holiday Eid marks the end of 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.